You may have seen my captions on the Becky's TG Caps or Diane's TG Captions groups on Yahoo! Groups. Now, I'm also putting my new caps at this site. Enjoy!

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Using Pictures of TG Women vs. Genetic Females in TG Captions

There are times when one asks this question: When you look at a TG caption, take a good look at the girl who's picture is featured. Was the girl pictured born male or female? Do you think a transgendered woman would add a bit of authenticity and credibility to a transgender caption than would a genetic female? There are many arguments to be made on both accounts.

When I write my transgender captions, I try to find as many pictures of transgendered women as I can. This, I feel, adds an air of authenticity to the piece I'm writing. There are a few exceptions to the rule, however. First, there aren't very many pictures of transgendered girls in cyberspace who are younger than 18 years of age. Therefore, I would be left without a choice but to get pictures of genetic females in that age group to write transgender captions for.

This caption was written with a prom theme. The girl depicted in this caption was born female.

This is due to the lack of available pictures of teenage transgenders available on the Internet, for various reasons. When writing about even younger (ie: pre-teen) T-Girls, the only pictures available for caption are those of genetic girls. However, there are occasional pictures of pre-teen T-Girls available. The girl depicted in the caption below is an 11-year-old transgender.

Many pictures of transgender women available online for captions are those over 18 years of age. This caption, with a romantic theme, features a picture of a young transgendered woman.

And, when a couple getting married is depicted, finding pictures of transsexual women joining in marriage with a man is difficult as well. The bride in the picture was born a girl.

So, do you think that using pictures of transgendered women in your captions adds authenticity to your work? Or do you think using pictures of both transgendered women and genetic females in your captions can do an equal job of telling your story? Or do you use only pictures of genetic females in your transgender captions to add an air of a dream to the caption?